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10. Planning for service capacity involves prediction of consumer waiting associated with different
levels of capacity. (T)
11. A Poisson process describing the distribution of departures from a busy server with an average
rate of 15 per hour is equivalent to the negative exponential distribution of service times with a mean
of 5 minutes. (F)
12. For a standard service system to operate over the long run, the servers must be idle part of the
time. (T)
13. The graph depicting the economic trade-off in capacity planning has cost on the x-axis and the
capacity to serve on the y-axis. (F)
14. When Xerox Corporation introduced the Model 9200 Duplicating System, the level of service
dipped because technical representatives were assigned to territories. (T)
15. The average time a customer should expect to wait can be calculated using just the mean arrival
rate and the mean service rate. (T)
16. Capacity usually is measured in terms of outputs (e.g. guest nights) rather than inputs (e.g.
number of hotel rooms) in service firms. (F)
17. Excess capacity is required in a service system because variability in customer arrivals and
service times creates idle capacity. (T)
18. In the A/B/C classification of analytical queuing models, the term G refers to a general
distribution with mean and variance. (T)
19. A system is said to be in statistical equilibrium when the number in queue assumes a distribution
that is independent of the starting condition. (T)
20. In the M/M/1 model the calling population is finite. (F)
21. Simulation can be viewed as a laboratory for experimenting with service systems. (T)
22. Verification refers to determining whether or not the structure of a simulation model is consistent
with the real system. (F)
23. A shortcoming of simulation is the use of pseudo-random numbers. (F)
24. Simulation allows time compression, doing in seconds what would otherwise require years of
actual observation. (T)
25. Pseudo-random numbers do not permit an exact replication of experimental conditions. (F)
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Multiple Choice
1. A queuing system is said to be in a transient condition when:
a. its parameters change with time.
b. its parameters remain constant.
c. it is still under the influence of the initial state.*
d. it grows beyond bound.
2. The A/B/C notation classifies queuing systems on the basis of:
a. arrival rates and queue discipline.
b. queue discipline alone.
c. arrival rates and service rates.
d. arrival rates, service rates, and number of servers.*
3. For the system to operate satisfactorily over the long run,
a. the capacity to serve must be greater than the average demand.*
b. the expected waiting time for each customer must not exceed average service time.
c. the arrival rate must be less than the service rate.
d. the number of servers must equal the average number of arrivals per unit time.
4. Pooling of servers results in reduced waiting time because:
a. the mean service time for the pool as a whole is now constant.
b. servers are utilized better.*
c. multiple queues are replaced by a single queue.
d. alternatives (a) and (b) above.
5. In general, for infinite queues, the expected number of people in the system is equal to:
a. the average arrival rate minus the average service rate.
b. the expected number in the queue plus the expected number in service.*
c. the expected arrival rate times the expected waiting time.
d. alternatives (a) and (b) above.
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9. Service capacity decisions have all but one of the following strategic characteristics:
b. financial investment in capacity must be balanced against the costs of lost sales.
c. inadequate short-term capacity needs can generate customers for the competition.
d. hostile customers can result from inadequate capacity following a marketing campaign.
10.The ___________ queuing model is often used in situations when little if no waiting occurs.
a. M/M/1
b. M/M/c
c. M/G/1
d. M/G/*
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c. waiting time.
12.Queuing models can help explain all but one of the following:
13.All but one of the following need to be analyzed for capacity requirements when setting up a
“Cookies and Ice Cream” shop:
a. technology requirements.*
b. facility requirements.
c. equipment requirements.
d. labor requirements.
d. Erland distribution.
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15.Which one of the following is not part of the queuing system features?
a. calling population
b. queue configuration
c. queue discipline
d. departure process*
b. number of servers.
c. traffic intensity.*
b. finite-queue M/M/c*
d. finite-queue M/G/1
18.All but one of the following are advantages of using one large computer system to serve an entire
university community:
b. large memory.
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a. number of servers.
b. traffic density.
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